Creek And Fort Fun

Hello from the farm! :) We got back from Florida last Sunday and are still working on getting back into the swing of things.

Today, the Smith family came to visit. Benaiah was in our room looking out the window, waiting for them to pull in, and I got this shot. I was trying to get his reflection in the window, but you can't really see it...

 Once they got here, we had blueberry and cherry scones and apples and peanut butter for a brunch/snack. It was an amazing snack. :)

We finished eating and headed to the creek. It had just rained, and we knew it would be wet, so everyone (except me) wore their barn boots.

After crossing the little stream that connects to the creek, the boys found a tree that had fallen over. They thought it would make a great fort, so they started collecting sticks to lean up against it. Lane, of course, was the first one to climb the huge tree and kind of just appeared up in the branches. :)

I tried to take Evie's pictures, but she just hid from me, so I took some without her face in them.

Finally, she let me take some of her up in the tree.

One of the branches...

The moss was super green today. It was bright and beautiful. :)

While the Josiah and Lane got branches for the fort, Diella sharpened some sticks to add to her collection.

Benaiah's shirt hanging on the clothes line that he made. :) He almost left it down at the creek too.

Here is the fort. Under the tree is where they made the fort. It was really big, but you couldn't move very easily because of all the branches that were hanging low to the ground.

Benaiah of course got his boot stuck. When he tried to take another step, his foot came out and got covered with mud. He was going to put his foot back in his boot and Diella and I were both yelling at him to STOP! He said," Well what do you want me to do!?" I told him since he was standing right by some water, he should clean off his foot before putting it back into his clean boot. He decided that my idea was a good one and rinsed off his foot before putting it back into the boot.

After we had been down at the creek for a while, it started to sprinkle. Everyone ran for the fort (though it wasn't a very good cover) and squeezed in. Diella saw me taking a picture of her, and she pointed at the camera with her sharp stick.

There was "hole" where the tree had split in two, and Evie somehow fit in it.

(I'm pretty sure her hair is in her face in every picture except one:)

We made our way back to the tepee that Dad helped us build, and everyone sat on a tree that went over the creek.

Here is the only picture I got that had everybody in it! :) Evie, Diella, Josiah, and Prairie sat on the log, and Benaiah and Lane were racing to get a stick that someone had thrown in the water. Lane is on the other side of the bank, and Benaiah is hiding behind the tree on this side of the bank. The fort in the background is the one that Dad helped us make.

We went down to the creek at around 10:00 am, and came back up probably about 12:30. While we were working on the fort, I spotted three does run out from the woods and go across the field. I told everyone before we got to the woods that if they were quiet, we might see some. They didn't think that being quiet sounded like fun, and I'm guessing the deer got spooked because everyone was being loud. :)

Hope everyone had a blessed week!

Alegra